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and he escaped an abusive father in rural tennessee who beat him with pots and pans. both oher and willis were cared for, or adopted, by white families who had to explain themselves to the neighbors. >> i said, well, yeah, i mean, yeah, we can help him. and, of course, everybody at the time was like -- you don't have a clue what you're doing. >> reporter: the two have become lifelong friends, and outside practice tuesday, they told us how much they still truly love their adoptive parents, who will be watching in joy from the sidelines. >> they've been there through the thick and thin, the good and bad, the crazy years. and so, just to have them down here this weekend, to enjoy this experience with me is truly a blessing. >> it's truly amazing, man, knowing where we came from and, it's just -- it made us work a lot harder, knowing that -- not taking anything for granted. you know, i never take anything for granted. >> reporter: no matter who wins the ring, they believe that greatness is not what they've achieved, but what they've overcome. steve osunsami, abc news, atl
and he escaped an abusive father in rural tennessee who beat him with pots and pans. both oher and willis were cared for, or adopted, by white families who had to explain themselves to the neighbors. >> i said, well, yeah, i mean, yeah, we can help him. and, of course, everybody at the time was like -- you don't have a clue what you're doing. >> reporter: the two have become lifelong friends, and outside practice tuesday, they told us how much they still truly love their adoptive...
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. >> pelley: another tornado struck outside nashville, tennessee, home after home was destroyed, and one death is reported there. in memphis, 200-year-old trees were no match for the wind. and cbs news weather consultant david bernard is in miami, tracking the storms. david, what can we expect next? >> reporter: scott, let's take a look at our collection of doppler radars we have right now and we have a slew of tornado watches that are in effect this evening from tallahassee, florida, right through georgia and the carolinas, and within the last five minutes, the washington, d.c. area is now under a tornado watch. so these are the areas we're going to have to watch for the worst weather as we go through the overnight hours. but even philadelphia and new york could see strong winds overnight with some of the storm. >> pelley: seems early in the year for this kind of thing. how did this storm get organized? >> reporter: well, we had a bunch of ingredients that came together, kind of like all the right ingredients, i guess you could say, at the wrong time and what we're talking about are
. >> pelley: another tornado struck outside nashville, tennessee, home after home was destroyed, and one death is reported there. in memphis, 200-year-old trees were no match for the wind. and cbs news weather consultant david bernard is in miami, tracking the storms. david, what can we expect next? >> reporter: scott, let's take a look at our collection of doppler radars we have right now and we have a slew of tornado watches that are in effect this evening from tallahassee,...
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aerial video this is tennessee. roofs ripped off, what looks to be some sort of manufacturing plant, person died when a building collapsed and a man killed in nashville, tennessee, when a tree fell on his home. got a lot of people to talk to. miguel marquez joins me live from adairsville, just about 60 miles north of atlanta. we also have someone joining us who is very familiar with storms like this, storm chaser and adventurer george caronis and chad myers here. lots of voices, keep this conversation going. miguel on the phone with me, let me begin with you. paint me the picture of what you're looking at. >> utter destruction. i think we're not very far from where that reporter saw that tornado touching down. we are at the daieke plant in the mid le of adairsville and this place just got hammered. the plant is completely destroyed. 150 to 200 people in the plant. we spoke to a couple of workers in there this morning. they took refuge in the restroom and they just, you know, they could feel the pressure on the walls
aerial video this is tennessee. roofs ripped off, what looks to be some sort of manufacturing plant, person died when a building collapsed and a man killed in nashville, tennessee, when a tree fell on his home. got a lot of people to talk to. miguel marquez joins me live from adairsville, just about 60 miles north of atlanta. we also have someone joining us who is very familiar with storms like this, storm chaser and adventurer george caronis and chad myers here. lots of voices, keep this...
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>> when harold ford was running for united states senator in tennessee when they had the white woman in the commercial and i met him at the playboy club. so again, it goes to what are you trying to say, black guy, white female, what's going on here? that's different because that's a political ad. you didn't have the music in the background, you didn't have the jimmy cliff playing. so it was conveying a whole different message than be happy, drive a vw. >> vw, i think they're a winner. you know why? because we're playing it, because everyone around the country is going to play it and talk about it and more volkswagens sold. >> we're having a conversation about it. next thing i want to see you -- >> what is that fahrvergnugen. >> i've got it tattooed across my chest. >> let us know what you think, go to cnn.com outfront and we have an online poll for you. still to come, americans stocking up on supplies, people thrown in jail. how the super bowl has turned into something i found absolutely horrific and so would mark haines. >>> all right. so, we all set? i've got two tickets to paradis
>> when harold ford was running for united states senator in tennessee when they had the white woman in the commercial and i met him at the playboy club. so again, it goes to what are you trying to say, black guy, white female, what's going on here? that's different because that's a political ad. you didn't have the music in the background, you didn't have the jimmy cliff playing. so it was conveying a whole different message than be happy, drive a vw. >> vw, i think they're a...
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senator lamar alexander, senior senator from tennessee. thank you, sir. >> thank you, chuck. >>> developing now, we just learned that massachusetts governor deval patrick will name his temporary place holder appointment at 11:00 a.m. today. remember how this massachusetts law works. they have to appoint somebody who cannot run for the position. that's what he's doing today. will it be vickie kennedy, barney frank, will it be somebody that washington doesn't know? but that duval does? coming up, the stock market was pubbing near all-time highs. how will wall street react to the news that the economy shrank last quarter? plus we're live in cairo where violence rages for a seventh straight day. the political paralysis cos end up forcing the military to take back control from the president. first today's trivia question, since 1947, which is the only state to produce two chairmen of the senate armed services committee? the answer and more coming up on t on the daily run you". it's red lobster's 30 shrimp! for $11.99 pair any two shrimp selecti
senator lamar alexander, senior senator from tennessee. thank you, sir. >> thank you, chuck. >>> developing now, we just learned that massachusetts governor deval patrick will name his temporary place holder appointment at 11:00 a.m. today. remember how this massachusetts law works. they have to appoint somebody who cannot run for the position. that's what he's doing today. will it be vickie kennedy, barney frank, will it be somebody that washington doesn't know? but that duval...
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so the next time this is a tornado down in tennessee, senator corker, or mr. sessions, down in alabama, or pick any senator, mr. grassley, there might be a drought in the state of iowa some time and he might want some disaster relief. >> sure. >> maybe we'll just turn to your residents to make sure that we raise your taxes so we can give these offsets, so we can do these disaster relief. i mean, the fabric of the country is being torn by this leadership in the republican party. what is mitch mcconnell thinking? >> it is. >> he's got to be facing a primary.
so the next time this is a tornado down in tennessee, senator corker, or mr. sessions, down in alabama, or pick any senator, mr. grassley, there might be a drought in the state of iowa some time and he might want some disaster relief. >> sure. >> maybe we'll just turn to your residents to make sure that we raise your taxes so we can give these offsets, so we can do these disaster relief. i mean, the fabric of the country is being torn by this leadership in the republican party. what...
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so the next time this is a tornado down in tennessee, senator corker, or mr. sessions, down in alabama, or pick any senator, mr. grassley, there might be a drought in the state of iowa some time and he might want some disaster relief. >> sure. >> maybe we'll just turn to your residents to make sure that we raise your taxes so we can give these offsets, so we can do these disaster relief. i mean, the fabric of the country is being torn by this leadership in the republican party. what is mitch mcconnell thinking? >> it is. >> he's got to be facing a primary. as far as mcconnell goes, will we see the gop try to repair itself any time soon? >> you're right, he is thinking about a primary challenge. that's all any of them care about. they also aren't fond of those two -- those fantastic blue states that were hit by sandy, which they have plenty of republican voters. it is. it's hypocrisy, and it's the new brand of republicanism. and, you know, we will not turn around and do the same thing to them, because that's not what we're like. that's not what democrats do, li
so the next time this is a tornado down in tennessee, senator corker, or mr. sessions, down in alabama, or pick any senator, mr. grassley, there might be a drought in the state of iowa some time and he might want some disaster relief. >> sure. >> maybe we'll just turn to your residents to make sure that we raise your taxes so we can give these offsets, so we can do these disaster relief. i mean, the fabric of the country is being torn by this leadership in the republican party. what...
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across the state of tennessee, specifically western tennessee, there's about 5,000 people without power. the bottom line, major damage, extreme flooding here in the city of memphis. back to you. >>steve: did you know your friends could be giving you high blood pressure and stress as well? >>brian: our next guest says it's time to dump them. >>gretchen: it is part of the new book "friend-fluence: the surprising ways friends make us who we are." here's the way we live now. people marry a little bit later in life so friends become more important in their singlehood, maybe in their 20's and 30's. >> exactly. people are not getting married. many are not getting married at all. a lot of older people are living alone. more people living alone than ever before. all of these factors converge -- >>steve: how do you know if a friend is wiping you out or building you up? >> some friends, we call them ambivalent friends. they have some good qualities but also underminus, stress us out. these friends can literally raise our blood pressure and cause stress. >>steve: you're hanging on to a childhood fr
across the state of tennessee, specifically western tennessee, there's about 5,000 people without power. the bottom line, major damage, extreme flooding here in the city of memphis. back to you. >>steve: did you know your friends could be giving you high blood pressure and stress as well? >>brian: our next guest says it's time to dump them. >>gretchen: it is part of the new book "friend-fluence: the surprising ways friends make us who we are." here's the way we live...